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Watercress and Pork Soup
This Chinese watercress and pork ribs soup is packed with nutrition. The delicious soup is super easy to prepare and you will only need 4 ingredients.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr 30 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 500 gram (1 lb.) pork spare ribs, cut into bite size pieces
- 12-15 dried jujube fruits/red dates (Chinese: hong zao)
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 6 cup (1.5 liter) water
- 250 gram watercress (Chinese: xi yang cai / Indonesian: selada air), remove ends and roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon goji berries (Chinese: gou qi)
Instructions
- 1
(Optional) Blanch pork spare ribs in a pot of boiling water to ensure a final clear soup.
- 2
Boil together blanched pork spare ribs with red dates, salt, and water, the reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the pork is tender. About 1 hour
- 3
Add watercress into the pot bring it to a boil again. Reduce heat and simmer until the the watercress is tender. About 20-30 minutes.
- 4
Add goji berries and cook for another 5 minutes.